"Football is not only a sport for us. It's more than that," Silva said.
"Football for us is a passion, a national passion.
"If everything works out well, we will win once again a World Cup," Silva added.
Brazilian Football Confederation president Ricardo Teixeira said the country would do everything show the world it is capable of hosting the event.
"We are a civilized nation, a nation that is going through an excellent phase, and we have got everything prepared to receive adequately the honour to organise an excellent World Cup," Teixeira said.
In Brazil, 50 mountain climbers hung an enormous national team jersey bearing the slogan "The 2014 World Cup is Ours" from the famous Sugar Loaf mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
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The statue to Christ the Redeemer will welcome
players at the 2018 tournament [AFP] |
At the Maracana Stadium, workers spread flags across the field reading, "Maracana is ours and so is the 2014 World Cup."
After the withdrawal of Colombia in April, Brazil was the sole candidate, the choice of the South American continent enjoying the right to host the event.
Still, Brazil was previously told by FIFA that it wasn't guaranteed the tournament simply because it was the only candidate, saying it was still required to provide a solid bid package.
World wide support
Brazilian Sports Minister Orlando Silva, national team coach Dunga, veteran striker Romario and renowned author Paulo Coelho were all involved in the final prersentation.
"Of course, dreams demand hard work and we Brazilians are ready to face this task," said Coelho, adding people around the world support Brazil's team.
"All the countries in the world have two teams, the national squad and the Brazilian squad," Coelho said.
Brazil has only hosted the World Cup once before, 57 years ago.
Since launching its bid for 2014, Brazil has heavily emphasised why the country needs the World Cup, much more than what it has to offer the tournament.
"Over the next few years we will have a consistent influx of investments. The 2014 World Cup will enable Brazil to have a modern infrastructure," Teixeira said.
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The Maracana stadium will once again host
World Cup football [AFP] |
"In social terms will be very beneficial.
"Our objective is to make Brazil become more visible in global arenas. The World Cup goes far beyond a mere sporting event. It's going to be an interesting tool to promote social transformation."
Big investment
Blatter had recently questioned Brazil's infrastructure and bid plans, but Fifa said last week that a stadium-inspection trip in August showed the country could put on "an exceptional" tournament.
Brazil has 10 of the world's largest football stadiums.
However, there have been delays in hosting some major events, problems with violence in the streets and the public transport system in the country is often overlwhelmed.
The Brazilian soccer confederation estimates that the construction and/or remodelling of stadiums will require an investment of $1.1 billion.
Blatter said the lack of competition from other South American nations was one of the reasons behind Fifa's decision to do away with the rotation system that gave each continent a turn at hosting the World Cup.
The decision goes into effect starting with the 2018 tournament.